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Managing the British Economy in the 1960s: A Treasury Perspective

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  1. Alec Cairncross
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Part of the book series: St Antony's Series (STANTS)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Part I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Alec Cairncross
      Pages 3-26

  3. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. The First Cycle, 1957–61

      • Alec Cairncross
      Pages 29-43

    3. The July Measures and After, 1961–2

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      Pages 44-64

    4. The Maudling ‘Dash for Growth’

      • Alec Cairncross
      Pages 65-87

  4. Part III

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89
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    2. A Change of Government, 1964

      • Alec Cairncross
      Pages 91-111

    3. A Strategy for the Pound?

      • Alec Cairncross
      Pages 112-119

    4. The Exchange Crisis of 1965

      • Alec Cairncross
      Pages 120-140

    5. The Exchange Crisis of 1966

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      Pages 141-158

    6. The New Strategy, 1967

      • Alec Cairncross
      Pages 159-179

    7. The Countdown to Devaluation

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      Pages 180-191

  5. Part IV

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
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    2. From Devaluation to the Gold Rush

      • Alec Cairncross
      Pages 195-210

    3. A Long Hard Slog, 1968

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      Pages 211-231

    4. Success at Last, 1969

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      Pages 232-242

    5. Monetary and Financial Policy in the 1960s

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      Pages 243-261

    6. Economic Management in the 1960s: A Summing-up

      • Alec Cairncross
      Pages 262-275
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About this book

In Managing the British Economy in the 1960s Sir Alec Cairncross, who was Economic Adviser to HMG in 1961-64 and Head of the newly-created Government Economic Service in 1964-69, tells the inside story of the making of economic policy under four Chancellors of the Exchequer between 1960 and 1970, first under a Conservative government then under a Labour government. He describes how the Treasury dealt with a whole succession of crises and experimented with many new departures of policy over the decade: for example, the efforts to engage in long-term planning, form a workable incomes policy, make use of new taxes for new purposes and enter the European Community. In parallel with the 1990s, the story is dominated by the effort to avoid devaluation followed by the struggle to make it work and keep the pound from sliding further.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Managing the British Economy in the 1960s: A Treasury Perspective

  • Authors: Alec Cairncross

  • Series Title: St Antony's Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13944-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-65075-2Published: 10 March 1996

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-13944-6Published: 27 July 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2633-5964

  • Series E-ISSN: 2633-5972

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 312

  • Topics: Economic History, International Political Economy

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